Isolation, structure and iridium-mediated decarbonylation of a sodium fluorenone dianion complex

Abstract

Reaction of fluorenone with 2 equiv. of Na in THF at room temp. gave the polymeric Na–fluorenone dianion complex 1 in 79% isolated yield, which upon reaction with 0.5 equiv. of [(C₅Me₅)IrCl(µ-Cl)]₂ afforded the decarbonylation product 2; both 1 and 2 have been structurally characterized.

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